Household utensil.



F. C. STUCKEL.

HOUSEHOLD UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED 0cT.25. 19H.

1,202,120. lufemwl on. 2L, 1911s.

ya@ QW TED STATES T OFFICE,

FRANK C. STUGKE'L, OF RACINE, WISGONSIN, ASSIG'NOR T0 UNIVERSAL FASTENING C0., 0F RACINE, WISCONSIN.

HOUSEHOLD U'rnNsIL.

Specification of ltters Patent.

Patented out. 24J, 191s.

Application filed Ootober, 1911. Serial No. 656,615.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. STUCKEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Racine, county of Racine, and State of 'Wisconsiin have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Household Utensils, of which the following nis a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to household utensils and seks to provide an improved hooi; which can be conveniently used es a substitute for a fork in withdrawing articles of food frombottles, pans,-kettles and the like.

The invention consists in the features of construction hereinafter set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and `more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the improved utensil in successive steps of its manufacture. Fig. J is en elevation of the improved device.

F ig. 4 is an end view thereof and Fig. 5 is oV perspective view thereof.

Theimproved utensil comprises a shank which terminates in a pointed semi-circular or curved hook arranged in n. plane transverse to the axis of the shank. The shank and terminal hook are preferably formedof a round steel rod 1, the outer end portion of which forms the hook and is first pointed or sharpened, as indicated at 2 in Fig. 1. At the nent operation the sharpened portion 2 is bent to form a curved semi-circular lzoolc a, the remainder of the rod forming the shank l) of the hook. A t this stage of the manufacture the hook o is arranged' in the same plone es the shank Pre'eferably, also, the `outer portion I," of 'the shank?) is n clined or oii'set, as indicated in Fig. 2. The portion b inelines away from the axis of the main body of the shank'b in one direction, while the hook o extends in the opposite direction across the axis of the' shank. At the next operation, the hook av is bent latei`- ally along the line 8-3 of Fig. 2, so that the hook'lies in a plane transverse to the axis of the shank o and `preferably in a plane substantially at right angles to the inclined shenk portion b'. 'The utensil is' completed bg inserting the shank in one end of a suito le handle c, preferably formed of Wood.

The utensil is found extremely handy and useful in lifting articles of food vertically from pots or pans. When the utensil is held in the hand it-may be readily twisted or rotated about the axis of the shank b and handle c und the sharpened hook is thereby engaged with en article of food. The latter can then bc lifted in vertical direction ond ,will not slip ofi? the hook a, because of the arrangement of the lutter in a plane transverse to the axis of its sh ank.

The improved utensil may be made in different sizes for different purposes` One of small size, that is to say, one in which the distance from the bend i of the hook to 'the point thereoi` is about a half an inch, can be advantageously employed for withdrawing.

olives, pickles or the like from bottles.' A somen'hut' larger size measuring, forexample, about 'un inch from the bend 4 of the hook toits point, can be used about a cooking stove for handling articles of food cooked in pots, kettles or the like' und the hook cen also be used to advantage in handling hot cooking vessels and in moving the covers therefrom. It should be noted that, prohrnbly, thehoolr a is curved in righthund direction so that it can 4be readily and convenientlymanipulated.

It is obvious that the improved device may be varied in size and changes made in the details set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention as defined in the claims. 4

claim' as my invention i. A household utensil, comprising s. sin gle shank substantially straightthroughout the greater portion of its length and having its outer portion offset in one direction from` 'the exis of -theshan and arranged entirely in a single plane transversetothe laxis of the shank and at en angle thereto 'slightly roater'thana 4right angle, substantially as ascribed.

2. A household uteml comprisirsg a. 5inmxdmrangea in a single plane substantially glu, substuntlally strmght 11n-influx shank nt. mght angles to the, nclmud pm'ticn rf .said Innung its outer poltlon sllghtly lncllnud In shank, subsLunt-.xlly as demribfl.

me direction. to the axis of the shank und FRA NK C. STUCKEL. termmatlng m a smglu, sexn1-cl1culnr, grad- Wltnesss: uully tapered hook extudlng 1n the oppo- E. M. JOHNSON, mtv du'ectlon across the mils ol' the: .whauxk WM. F. SAWYEH. 

